Type-writer tabulator.



PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

P. B. TING'LBYQY TYPE WRITER TABULATOR.

'APPLIdATION FILED 831451221905.

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. INVENTOR WITNESSES ifqw. 0 412 ATTORNEY PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

No. 852,989. v

., P. B. TI-NGLEY.

TYPEWRITER TABULATOR.

APPLIOATIOKPILED SEPT. 22, 19 06.

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, "ll llll WITNESSES ATTORNEY PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

P. B. TINGLEY. TYPE WRITER TABULATOR.

APPLICATION I'ILED 8EPT.22, 1906.

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INVENTOR- WITNESSES ATTORNEY' 7 No. s52,9s9.- PATENTED MAY 7, 1907. P.B. TINGLEY. I

TYPE WRITER TABULATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1905.

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WITNESSES IN ENTO.

' I pm a %,Q q, v Bv v ATTORNEY iTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILO B. TINGLEY, or GLENRIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITER TABULATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHrLO B. TINGLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Glen-' ridge, county of Essex,State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Type-WriterTabulator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ty ewritmg. machines and particularly tomechanism for enabling such machine to be used with speed and accuracywhen producing tabulated work; that is columns of figures or words.

Several mechanisms or attachments for attaining this result have beenpatented and placed on the market, such devices or mech anisms involvingthe temporary release of the key-controlled feed so that the carriagewill be rapidly propelled by its spring from right'to left to "a limitprescribed by what is called tabulating stops, this movement,,or

the mechanism which causes it, being sometimes termed'a jump-feed. It isto thisclass of invention that my present invention relates, and theparticular object of this said invention is to provlde lmproved meanswhereby the exact position in which the carriage will be checked by agiven stop may be .instantly varied by the operator according to thenumber .of characters comprising the group that is to form a line of thecolumn. For instance, when figures are to be written for statements of,account 'bills, invoices etc., the numerals in the groups comprising thecolumn usually vary considerably, and as the units must be Written in avertical line, and the tens, hundreds etc., similarly written, it isdesirable for the sake of speed and accuracy that the machin'eshall havemeans for enabling the operator to determine at a glance how far thecarriage shall jump in order to write the first numeral of the group inthe proper place.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism for thepurpose stated comprising. a single stop which may be so shifted in itsposition relatively to the frame of the machine as to co-act with one ormore stops adjustably carried-by the carriage, to limit the feedmovement of the carriage to the par-. ticular position desired by theoperator.

Other objectsof the invention relate to thegeneral; simplicity,efficiency and desirability of the mechanism, all as will be more fullydescribedhereinafter.

- .To these ends, the invention consists in the construction andcombination of parts Specification of Letters Patent Application filedSeptember 22,1905- S erial llo. 279,681-

Patented May 7,' 1907.

substantially. as hereinafter described and claimed' I In theaccompanying dI'fiWlIlf", I have illustrated a. preferred embodiment,and a modification of my invention, in connection with suflicient of theparts of an Underwood typewriter to enab e it to be readily it is to beunderstood that my tion or the exact trated.

understood by those skilled in .the art.- But I invention is. notlimited to either the particular ads ba-' details of the parts illus=Figure 1is' a detail side elevation of a portion of an Underwood machineto which my invention in one of its embodiments has been applied: Fig.2is a 'sectional elevation showing the-parts in a differ:

the eft of Fig. 1: Fig. 4represents a detail plan view of the slottedstop bar: Fig. 5-

.represents a section on line 55 of Fi 1:

Fig. 6-is' a view similar to Fig. 2 but ilustrating a modification ofthat portion of the invention relating to the means for changing theposition of the variable stop: Fig. 7 represents a section on line 7-7of-Fig. 6: Fig. 8-is a detail plan view of the shiftable stop and aportion of the slotted stop bar: Fig. 9is ,a View similar to Fig. 8 butshowing the parts-in different relative positions: Fig. 10-is a detailview of the separable lever connections hereinafter described:

to permit the step by step movement of the All of these parts are wellknown and need no further description or illustracarriage.

tion.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, a bar 25 is shown as secured at itsends to the frame of the carriage. Saidbar is provided with a series of'slotsand has its front surface graduated. or provided with scale marksto correspend with the slots in the bar and, of course,

corresponding with the usualv scale (not ent position: Fig. 8representsa view from 1 i shown) at the front of the machine. In one:

I placed a stop.

26, the shape of which is best shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

or more of the slots of bar is l have shown but two of such stops inFig. 3 but it is to be understood that as many will be carried by thebar. 25 asthere are columns to be written. The lower end 'ofthe stop 26projects'from'the under side of the bar to co-act with the shiftablestop presently described. The stop is formed with an upwardly extendingportion by'which it may be grasped when its location is to be changed,an

with a shoulder or shoulders to prevent 'it from slipping 'tion shown. 1I A rock shaft is mounted in-bearings 36 attached to the frame .ofthemachine, said below substantially the posi- "rock shaft having means,such as collars 27 to prevent said rock shaft from moving. in the erablyformed with I bar 25, so that the travel direction of its length.Secured to said shaft 35, substantially mid-way of the length of saidshaft is an arm 34. The outer surface of said arm 34, when viewed'fromthe end of the machine, is curvedv on the "arc 'of a circle having theshaft 35 as its center (see Figs. 1

and 2). Said outer face of the arm is pro,-

vided with a series of ins 37 which are prefat sides as shown in Figs.8and 9so as to present"a. square abutment, for the downwardly" promotingend of a stop 26. As shown in F gs.'3,'8 and 9 the series of fpins3.7.are inclined relativelyto the path'o movement of the arm 34,

"for a" purpose which will be presently described. I

' The arm .34 and its pins 37' constitute an oscillating or shiftablestop which is adapted to co-operate with a stop 26 mounted in the of'the, carriage, usual carriageinthe case 61 will be limited under theinfluence of the shifting sprin according to t e position of a stop.% insaid. when a stop 26 is once set, the a position inwhich the carriagewill be stopped bar 25. And

willvary accordin to the osition to which the arm34 is oscil ated), hepins37 are's'o spaced'relati'vely to each other in the direction oftravel of thecarriage as-to corres 0nd Wll)hth6' scaleandintermittent'feed oi the .machine, as indicated in Figs. 8 and 9. When'theparts are in the positionindicated in in a .spring 40 is indicatedas coiled about one end'of the shaft 35 and connected thereto and to asuitable fixed part of the frame 4-7 to the frame of the machine and v por stops 26. will pass f1 freely by the 'shiftable chine can be used for55 so as to hold the said shaft and the arm 34' in the positionindicated in Fig. 1.

suitable step may be employed to limit the movement of said shaft. andarm in the direction described, such as-a stop arm 41 projecting fromthe shaft 35 and adapted to bear against a portion of the frame of the Imachine.

The means shown in Figs. 1 to 5 for actu'- ating the rock-shaft 35 todifferent degrees of rotative' movement so as to vary the exact positionat which the-carriage will be stopped,

comprise a series of push-rods 42 mounted in bearings 43 under theirameof the machine. and havingfinger pieces or keys 44 which will besuitably marked to indicate units, tens, hundreds, etc. Each rod 42alsohas. a collar 45 adapted to-engage'the lower pivoted at edge of aswing' g-g "te orlba'r 46 having an arm 48 at an angle thereto.Practically, the

bar 46 and its arm 48 constitute abell cra'nk lever adapted to beactuated by'any ofth'eyL.

push-rods. The arm 48fis eonnectedfby a link 49 to a pin projectingfrointhefeed-do' 24 so that whenever a rod -42 is'"pushe in to its farthest.limit, 'l-Litsnoll-ar'i lfi actuates tie bellfcrank lever so as topulildown the.

dog 24 from the'feedrack 23Land; thus release the carriage top'ermit'the latter'to be rapidly propelled by its springin the mannerusual with jumpgfeed; devices. -.Butbefore'the push rod reaches itsinnermost position so 1-" as to release. the carriage asmentioned, therock-shaft 35 is actuated, by means which I shall now describe, to bringthe shiftablestop out of its normal inoperative position.

To this end, each rod 42 is pivotallyeonnected to a lever'50 mounted tooscillate on. a

fulcrum rod '51extending across the back ofthe frame. Secured to. anddepending from the rock-shaft 35 are as many arms 52 as" The upper withaplate having a hook 53, said plate being secured .to its e there arelevers 5 0 androds' 42; arm of each lever 50 is provided- Ver by a bolt54 or other equivalent fastening passing. through a slot in the leverwhereby the position of the hook may be 'adjusted toward or-from the.fulcr um of the lever. Each arm 52' has a slot in which a pin 55 isadjustably'secured relatively .to the ilcrum of the arm in a mannersimilar to the adjustment provided forthe hook 53 on its lever; ,The pin55 extendsv past the edge of the adjacent lever 50 so as to be en gagedby the latter when'rod 42 is pushedginf thereby causing the parts tomovefrom the position shown in-Figrl to that shown in Fig. 2, the shiftables'to being thus rotated to an amount correspon ingt'o that'to' which.

arm 52 is actuated and the point at which the pin 55.is' set along itsarm. As shown, in

Fig. 3, the location .ofthepins 55 of the difierent arms 52 vary. Thisis to vary .the

amount of movement that will bi'e i-mpartedto the rock-shaft and theshiftable. stop by the different push-rods.

As shown in Fi 2, the hook 55' en ages the pin 56 in sue manner as to100 the key or push-rod and-the rock-shaft at the endof the. stroke'tolimit the movements of all the arts and also prevent overthrow of.

the roc -shaft and the variable stop due to momentum.

The construction described-enables any one of the tabulating key rods tobe actu-' ated without affecting the others, owing to the fact thatthere is no permanent connection between the levers and arms-52 of eachpair. While all of the arms 52 will oscillate with the rock-shaft onlyone lever 50 will be-moved. And when one lever 50 is in v the positionshown in Fig. 2- no other lever 50 can be operated so as to affect theshiftable stop because the'hook 53. of the actuated lever locks the rockshaft by engaging the pinof the actuated arm 52 I In Figs. 6 and .7 thelevers which actuate the arms 52 are arranged to be operated by adownward instead of an upward finger. movement. In said figures wherethepartsv are for the same purpose as similar parts in the otherfigures, I employ the same num'er als with, the addition of a cipher. Insaid figures, the arms 520 are longer than the arms. "52 in the otherform, and extend in warf'd ,fromthe rock-shaft 35 instead of "downward,and are provided with pins 550.

levers 500 are mounted on fulcrum rod 5101extending under the machine,and at their inner en'ds' carry the plates having hooksf530, said platesbein adjustably se- 'curedby bolts 540 passingt oughthe' slots of thelever. The hooks 530 andpins 550 are" adjustable along theirslottedlevers in the. same manner and for the samepurpose described inconnection with hooks 53 and pins 55.v The outer ends of'the levers 500are provided with vertical push-pieces 420- extendingupward through aguide plate 430 and. having finger. pieces or keys 440'. Mounted on therod 510 is a rectangular leverframe {56 having itsfront bar extendingunder'the front portion ofall the levers 500 and having a link 490'connecting its rear bar with one end of a short lever 57 pivoted at 58to a suitable fixed part or projection of the frame of the machine.

to contact with. a pin 60 projecting from the feed-dog 24. In this'formthe connections are such that upon the depression of akey 440, therook-shaft 35 is first actuated to vary the position of the'shiftablestop, which will be the same as the other form first described, andthen'the lever frame will be actuated to lift the link'490 and cause thepin 59 of lever, 57 to disengage the feed-dog 24 from the rack 23 andpermit the carriage to jump as far as permitted byastop 26.

- As shown in Figs.

v The other end' of the shortlever 57 has a pin 59- adapted In Figs. 10and 11, I have illustrated on a somewhat enlarged scale a portion of thearms 52 and of the levers 50.- In Fig. 10 the arm 52 and a lever50 areshown by full lines in horizontal ositions. This is for convenience ofillustrat1on and it will be understood that Fig. 10 should be turnedone-fourth to the right if it is to becomp ared with the form shown inFig. 2. Said igs. 10 and 11 show in full lines how the pin 55 is engagedby the edge of the lever 50 so that the former wil: be actuatedby thelatter. The dotted line Fig. 10 represent theseparts when they have beenmoved to the locked position hereinbefore described. f

3 and 7, the 1 points of contact or connection between the'rock-shaftarms and the finger-operated levers.vary

from one end of the series to the other, 'so that although the twoshafts which pivotally support the-said arms and levers are parallel,yet the amount of movement imparted to the rock-shaft by the uniformlymovable to bear against one side of the case 61 carried by one end of anelbow arm 63 which is secured to a clamp 64, the latter being mounted ona'pivot rod 65. The other end of the 'arm 63 is connected by alink-66 toan arm 67 of the swinging bar or gate 46. Therefore, whenever thebar46'is actuated so as to release the dog 24 from'the rack 23 as shown inFig. 2, the brake shoe 62 is simultaneously %pplied to the case or wheel61 as shown in ig. 12.' I v As I have described the operations of theseveral parts of the mechanism in connection with the description of theconstruction of said parts, the operation of the machine as a whole willbe readily understood without further description.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tabulatingmechanism for typewriting machines, comprising a rock shaft supported bythe frame of the machine and having an arm projecting therefrom, saidarm relation to each other, means for adjustably supporting one or moreco-operating stops on the carriage, a series of arms connectedto saidshaft, aplurality of finger pieces or keys,

and an independent lever connecting eaohof said keys with one of saidseries of arms for variably rocking said shaft.

2'. A tabulating mechanism for vpewrit shifting spring, and which caserevolves first ioo,

having a series of stop members in stepped I ing machines, comprising arock shaft supported by the frame of the machine and having an armprojecting therefrom, said arm having a series of stop members instepped relationto each other, means for adjustably supporting one ormore coeoperating stops on the carriage, a series of arms connected tosaid shaft, a plurality of finger pieces or keys,

and an independent and adjustable connection between each of said keysand one of said series of arms.

A tabulating mechanism .for typewriting machines, comprising a rockshaft supported by the frame of the machineand having an arm providedwith a series of stop members in stepped relation to each other, meansfor adjust ably supporting one or more co-operating stops on thecarriage, a series of arms connected to said shaft, a plurality offinger pieces or keys, and an independent and adjustable anddisconnectible connection between each of said keys and one of saidseries of arms. v

4. A tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, comprising a rockshaft-supported by theframe ofthe machine and having an arm projectingtherefrom, said arm having a series of stopimembers in stepped relationto each other, means for adjustably supporting one or more co-operatingstops on the carriage, a series of arms connected to said shaft, aplurality of finger pieces or keys, an independent'lever connecting eachof said keys with one. of said series oflarms for varriably rocking saidshaft, a brake for checking the travel of the carriage, and connectionswhereby the actuation of either finger piece or key will apply the brakeafter actuating the rock shaf I A tabulating mechanism fortypewriting-machines, comprising a rock shaft support-edby the frame ofthe machine and havinganarm projecting therefrom, said arm having aseries of stop members in stepped relation to-each other, means foradjustably supporting one or more co-o'perating stops on the carriage, aseriesof arms connected to said sh aft, a pluralityof finger pieces orkeys, a series of levers operated by said fingerpieces or keys andpivotally supported in a line substantially parallel with saidrockshaft, and connections between said rockshaft arms and levers, saidconnections varying in ,distance from the rock-shaft'for the purposedescribed. 6. A tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines,comprising a rock shaft sup:

' ported by the frame ofthe machine and hava ing anarm projectingtherefrom,- said arm having a series of stop members in stepped relationto each other, meansfor adjustably supporting one or more co-operatingstops on the'carriage, a series of arms connected to said shaft, aplurality of finger pieces or keys located at the front of the machineand extending rearward therefrom, and an independent lever connectingeach of said keys with one of said series of arms for variably rockingsaid shaft.

7. A tabu'lating mechanlsm for typewriting machines comprising a barattached to the carriage and having a longitudinally adjustable stop, ashaft mounted on the frame of. the machine and having an arm carrying aplurality of stepped stop pins to co-act with said stops, a series ofarms connected to said shaft, a plurality of finger pieces or keys, andan independent lever connecting each of said keys with one of saidseries of arms for vari ably rocking said shaft.

8. A tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines comprising arockshaft supported by the frame of the machine and having an arm projectingtherefrom, said arm having a series of' stop members in steppedrelationto each other, means for adjustably ing machines comprising arock shaft sup- 9 ported by the frame of the machine and having an armprojecting therefrom, said arm having a series of stop members instepped re lation to each other, means for adjustably supporting one ormore co-operating stops on i the carriage, a series of slotted armsconnected to said. shaft, a series of slotted levers,

finger pieces or keys, connected with said.le-

vers, and an independent connection between each slotted lever and itsadjacent slotted arm, said connection comprising a plate having a hookadjustably connected to one of said slotted members and a pin adjustablyconnected with the other slotted memher to be engaged by said hook.

10. A tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines comprising a rockshaft supported by the frame of the machine and having-an arm projectingtherefrom, said arm having a series of stpp members in stepped relationto each other, means for adjustably 1 supporting one .or moreco-operating stops on the carriage, a series of arms connected to saidshaft, and an independent connection between each of said keys and oneof said series of arms for variably rocking said shaft,

a plurality of finger pieces or keys, each having a collar, a brake forthe carriage, a swinging bar or gate to be operated by either of saidcollars, and means whereby the swinging of the gate will apply thebrake.

11. 'A tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, comprising a rockshaft sup ported bythe'frame of the machine and having an arm providedwith a'series of stop 10 mounted members in stepped relation to eachother,

7 means for adjustably supporting one or more co-operating stops on thecarriage, a series of slotted arms connected to said shaft and dependingtherefrom, a series of slotted levers supported by the frame of themachine, an independent connection between each of said keys and one ofsaid series of arms for variably rocking said shaft, and push rods onthe frame of the machine and having finger pieces or keys at the frontof the machine, the rear ends of said push rods being connected withsaid slotted levers.

In testimony whereof I affiX'my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

PHILO B. TINGLEY. I

I Witnesses:

M. W. TINGLEY, A. F. EASTWOOD.

